CP Election

Conservatives pledge review of tax system to ease headaches for small businesses

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is pledging to repeal changes to the tax system that led to a near war between small business and the Liberal government two years ago. Scheer ...

Sep 24, 2019

Scheer promises to clear backlog of veterans waiting to receive benefits

CANOE COVE, P.E.I. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer asked Canada's embittered military veterans to welcome his party back into their hearts Sunday after a tumultuous 1...

Sep 24, 2019

Munk Debates cancels foreign-policy event because Trudeau won't attend

TORONTO - Organizers of a foreign-policy election debate that was scheduled for next Tuesday have cancelled the event because Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau won't participate. Rudyard Griffiths, chair ...

Sep 24, 2019

Liberals pitch middle-class savings as second full week of campaign beckons

OTTAWA - The Liberals tried to turn the page on Justin Trudeau's blackface controversy - and one-up their main rivals - with policy announcements Sunday again aimed squarely a...

Sep 24, 2019

Twitter says Canadian election so far free of major manipulation attempts

OTTAWA - Twitter is giving Canada's federal election the all-clear so far.Despite vigorous activity on the site, including "politically polarizing" conversations on an international scale, the company...

Sep 24, 2019

Climate-crisis anxiety fuelling Canada's mental-health woes, Greens say

FREDERICTON - Anxiety about political instability and the looming climate crisis are placing new strains on Canadians' mental well-being, the federal Green party says. The Greens outlined a plan ...

Sep 23, 2019

Consumer advocates wary of Liberal plan for lowering wireless phone bills

TORONTO - The Liberal party's promise of a 25 per cent reduction in wireless bills for average Canadian families is being greeted with skepticism by observers of Canada's telecommunications indus...

Sep 23, 2019

Promise tracker: What the parties are pitching on the campaign trail

OTTAWA - A running list of specific promises announced by the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP and Green party since the official start of the federal election campaign on Sept. 11. Liberal...

Sep 23, 2019

Trudeau's behaviour panned by Alberta premier who pumps up Scheer instead

CALGARY - Alberta's premier says images of federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau wearing black and brown face makeup should make it easier for voters to choose in next month's election. Jaso...

Sep 23, 2019

Bloc leader calls for suspension of Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement

SAINT-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, Que. - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is calling for the suspension of a border agreement between Canada and the United States that he says&...

Sep 23, 2019